1 Timothy 3
1 The word [is] steadfast: If anyone longs for overseership, he desires a right work;
Muwambilo uwu we niti: Haiva zumwi muntu usaka kuva muruti, ulakaza mutendo mulotu.
2 it is required, therefore, the overseer to be blameless, a husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, respectable, a friend of strangers, apt to teach,
Imihe muruti uswanela kuva nikusanyazahala. Uswanela kuva mukwame wamwanakazi umwina. ave niku liwonda, nikuzuwisiza, nikulikuteka, yosaka kutabmula vayene, yowola kuruta.
3 not given to wine, not a striker, but gentle, not contentious, not a lover of money,
Kanji avi chindakwa cha vunjwala, insi wekondo, kono yolukite, wina inkozo. Kanjavi muntu yosaka masheleñi.
4 leading his own house well, having children in subjection with all dignity,
Yo yendisa vezuvo yakwe nenza. ni vana vakwe vamuzuwe mi vamuhe ikute liyere.
5 (and if anyone has not known [how] to lead his own house, how will he take care of an assembly of God?)
Mukuti haiva muntu kezi kutomela vezuvo yakwe nenza, mwatokomele vule ikeleke ya Ireeza?
6 not a new convert, lest having been puffed up he may fall to a judgment of the Devil;
Imi nsazi avi muntu yozwa hakuzumima, pona cholikumusa mane akawile mwikatulo ya diavulusi.
7 and it is required of him also to have a good testimony from those outside, that he may not fall into reproach and a snare of the Devil.
Ave yopakwa nenza nivantu vena hanze, ilikuti kanji awili mumaswavi nikaswa ka diavulusi.
8 Servants, in like manner, dignified, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not given to shameful gain,
Vahikana, kakwiziva, vave nivutali, isiñi vendimi zovere. Kanji vavi zinywi zavunjwara ahulu kamba nikulya ahulu.
9 having the secret of the faith in a pure conscience,
Vavike ininti ive zivahazwa yetumelo ni zwalo linjolola.
10 and let these also first be proved, then let them minister, being unblameable.
Vaswanela kutatuvwa lwetazi, linu valukela kuhewa musevezi kakuli vashiyeme.
11 Women, in like manner, dignified, not false accusers, vigilant, faithful in all things.
Nivanakazi chenzila iswana bave nikuzuwisisa. Kanji bavi vasoha. Bave nikuliwonda, imi bave nikulwonda nikusepahala muzintu zonse.
12 Servants—let them be husbands of one wife, leading the children well, and their own houses,
Muhikana wekeleke ave ni mwanakazi yeke. Vayendisa hande bana bavo ni mazuvo avo nenza.
13 for those who ministered well acquire a good step to themselves, and much boldness in faith that [is] in Christ Jesus.
Mukuti kwavo vavasebezi hande vakwete musevzi mulotu, kavawane mazimo malotu, ninguzu zina mwa Kereste.
14 I write to you these things, hoping to come to you soon,
Niñolela izi zintu kwako, imi nisepa kwiza kwenu hahanu.
15 and if I delay, that you may know how it is required to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is an assembly of the living God—a pillar and foundation of the truth,
Linu heva niniyleha, nimiñolera ili kuti mwizive mumuswanela kwi kalila muzubo ya Ireeza, Iliyo Ikeleke ya Ireeza yohala, mutomo ni tuso ihala.
16 and confessedly, great is the secret of piety: who was revealed in flesh, declared righteous in [the] Spirit, seen by messengers, preached among nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory!
Mi Indava isakananwa yive zivahazwa ikunutu yakulapela ikando: “Aba vonahazwa munyama, abavikwa yolukite muluhuho, abavonwa ni mañiloyi, abawambwa kumansi, abazuminwa mwikanda, imi avahindilwa mwinkanya.”
